Are RP and PvP mutually exclusive?

[Papa Oomaumau]

Chase.Way - Yes. If more people could 'get' other's ways of playing, much less QQ would abound, on all sides.

Durandal - Just more yes all around.

Both quality PvP and quality RP are skillsets.
Each earned with dedication to honing your craft. Neither comes easy.

Knowing exactly which way to side-trust and tighten a turn with a blast of thruster and a slap of the EK key, drop 3 shots on a moving crosshair and twist away - that's not easy. Once learned, a certain pride comes with it.
And should.

Knowing how to totally forget your own ego and slip entirely into your character's mind. Thinking and even feeling the way your character does - forgoing the group laughter/chatter of a furball to live in the singularity of your character - that's not easy either. A certain pride comes with it.
And should.

The day that one can admit that neither is superior, and both have equal merit - if measured differently - is the day that the two can truly, honestly, become compatible - and mutual exclusivity can waft away like a fart in the wind.

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